Health vocab

4. - (of a disease) not harmful in effbronchodilator -
7. - inflammation or swelling of one or more joints
9. - surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.
10. - the fact of occurring again
13. - a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies.
14. - a substance that causes an allergic reaction.
16. - A chronic disease in which the bronchial airways in the lungs become narrowed and swollen, making it difficult to breathe.
17. - A substance that has many effects in the body.
18. - occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
19. - a type of medication that make breathing easier by relaxing the muscles in the lungs and widening the airways (bronchi).
21. - (of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
23. - a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
24. - a damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.

1. - a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.
2. - an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
3. - a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of diseases
5. - degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness, especially in the hip, knee, and thumb joints.
6. - the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and oradiation therapyationtherapy
8. - any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous tissue, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
11. factor - characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community, or cultural level that precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes.
12. - a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
15. therapy - the treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation.
20. - raised, often itchy, red bumps (welts) on the surface of the skin
22. - Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves.